Rokinon AF 14mm F2.8 launches in September for Nikon F-mount

Rokinon has announced that its ultra-wide AF 14mm F2.8 lens will arrive for Nikon F-mount in September. The lens, which is already available for Canon EF, is the maker's first auto focus lens for Nikon. The model features 15 glass elements in 10 groups, including two aspherical lenses, four high refractive index lenses, and one extra-low dispersion lens. The glass has Ultra Multi-Coating (UMC) anti-reflective coatings.

The lens features a Manual / Auto Focus switch and an aluminum alloy housing, as well as a 7.8" / 0.20m minimum focusing distance, weather sealing, and a 16.7oz / 474 grams weight. According to Rokinon, the AF 14mm F2.8 "meets or exceeds the performance characteristics" of similar ultra-wide lenses.

The Rokinon AF 14mm F2.8 for Nikon F will be available in September for $799 USD.

I had something similar to this (may have been a 12mm manual focus, not entirely sure as it was a few years ago) and it worked OK, but I didn't feel it was all that sharp, especially in the corners, but for the price, nothing else came close at $400. if you can afford a little more, get something like a Tamron 15-30 which is about 2/3 the price of Nikon's 14-24 (and about $400 more than this Rokinon) but the Tamron has VC, is a bit sharper, but is also considerably heavier too (and far less copy to copy variation than with Rokinon, although you still do have a higher chance of getting a bad copy than say with Nikon's 14-24). But I am at least glad to see them making an AF version of this lens now.

Already available for canon shooters?! Well, I'm a Sony FE shooter and have this excellent lens for a while now. Previously to the Canon version ... I know the design is a little bit different but, isn't this the same lens?

Companies will continue to make F-mount glass probably for the next 2-3 years probably, even if the new Z6 and Z7 mirrorless bodies (and thus new Z-mount) take cover Nikon's existing DSLR line. There's plenty of DSLRs still out there being used out there.

I dont think so, Sony provides their E-mount AF protocolos to third party brands, Canon and Nikon dont, Thats why you only have AF rokinons to Sony E mount, they dont reverse engeneer like Sigma... Same for Zeiss

I wish they'd make some more glass for M4/3, even if they are APS-C transplants (as long as it's designed for ML)... AFAIK they've not designed anything specifically for APS-C E mount with AF either, tho the 12/2 looks great, and the native M4/3 fisheye is brilliant... I guess it made sense they'd make their first AF lenses for FF on E mount, probably a larger market.

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